I. Results: All Hail Will 5198, the First King of the OkayBlowhards

Unfortunately, yahoo seems to have deleted the results from the championship round, so I can�t give full scores. But praise must be given to Will, who defeated Cerefusion in Blowhard Bowl I. He didn�t back into victory, either, as his 113 (I think) points made him the second highest scorer of the week.

In other results, Bombastic defeated KC Player for third place, I defeated Knutts for fifth, and Abbstrack defeated Cyren Young for 7th place. All of which means,

II. FINAL RESULTS: THE DRAFT ORDER FOR 2004 IS SET

The worse you finished in 2003, the earlier you draft in 2004. Below is the order in which well draft in 2004

1) LiquidDope (12th place finish)
2) Warren Coolidge (Faulk is off the board)
3) Kay Dilla (ditto McNabb)
4) Zeno (ditto Fauria)
5) Cyren Young
6) Abbstrack (who once again claims the coveted Brad Johnson spot in the first round)
7) Knutts
8) BShelly
9) KC Player
10) Bombastic
11) Cerefusion
12) 2003 League Champion Will 5198

III. Rules Changes for Next Year

There will be a 20 dollar entrance fee. We will institute a keeper system in which owners can keep up to 2 players they select in the 2004 draft after round 5 or pick up in free agency for the 2005 season. Other than that, all�s the same for now

Without further ado�

IV. THE 2004 OKAYBLOWHARDS AWARD SPECTACULAR

The Christie Family Award for Achievement in the Marital Arts: to KC Player. His selfless dedication to his marital counseling over his fantasy football draft is a shining example to us all that shall never be forgotten. And I mean, NEVER be forgotten.

The Inexplicable Draft Award: This should have been a remarkably competitive award; after all, Dilla, Cyren, and Liquid all took defenses in the first round. But we all know that no one but Abbstrack could win this award. It wasn�t JUST that he drafted Brad Johnson in the first round. His selection of Duce Staley in the third ensured he�d become league laughing stock.

The Thousand Monkees on a Thousand Typewriters Lucky Winner of the Year: Also to Abbstrack. Somehow his poor excuse for a team started out 3-0-1 and had those of us who had deemed themselves contenders a little bit nervous as the fourth week of the season came to a close

The Titanic Award: It could go to Abbstrack, but his collapse was a little more predictable than that of yours truly. After Week 7, Eye of the Tiger stood alone in first place and led the league in premature boasting. Alas, I then went into a 1-5-1 slide that relegated me to the consolation finals. A combination of high points scored against me and ill-timed player slumps doomed me.

The John Henry is Dead Award: to most everyone who drafted live this year. KC Player and Bombastic used the autodraft to ride all the way into the playoffs.

The Obviously, No Prior Knowledge is Required OkayStaff of the Year: To Cyren and Dilla, our esteemed moderators who finished a combined 10-19-1

The Most Interesting Result You Forgot About: Did you know Will lost to Coolidge two frickin� times? It was Coolodge�s Week 2 victory that prompted Will to scream �fire sale� at the top of his lungs.

The Beaches Friends of the Year: Zeno and I. Dave saw he was out of the running, so he selflessly tanked his season so that I might succeed. Too bad it didn�t work.

The Most Ridiculous Trend of the Year: Talking about fantasy football team as if they were real teams. Some claimed that it didn�t matter how many points they scored in a week because their teams simply played to the scoreboard. Others chided those that fell apart at the end of the season for choking. And everyone whined about their team chemistry at least once. Hilarity.

King of the Free Agents: Will deserves special mention for his pickups of Dominick Davis and Charles Lee. No one paid better attention to the mid-season breakouts than he did.

And we�re done. Until 2004, then.

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bshelly

"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God